Meshuggah - Straws Pulled At Random

Nothing / 2002-08-06 1. Perpetual Black Second 2. Spasm 3. Straws Pulled At Random 4. Glints Collide 5. Stengah 6. Nebulous 7. Rational Gaze 8. Obsidian 9. Organic Shadows 10. Closed Eye Visuals

Straws Pulled At Random

What solace lies in the arms of fate
The ill embrace of uncertainty
When did I leave this in other hands
To be pulled down at chance

Ripped away by destiny-claws
Am I another of fate's possessions
Dwelling the lie of freedom
Just another straw pulled at random

Reclaimed by deceiving time
A silent judgment I can not overrule

Drawn back into the origin-vortex
Uprooted and ground to dust
Retracted into anti-existence
A magnet repelled by life's polarity

Denied the self control of fate
we flow suspended in semi-life
Until the ever imminent day
when oblivion claims our breath

Nowhere indefinitely. Not dead, not alive
Existence-patterns ripped of symmetry.
As will and fate divide

Have I appeased the gods of fate
Am I allowed another day
Must I die to escape
the scanning eyes of death